WWE Raw results, recap, highlights: The Judgement Day runs the Tag Team Turmoil gauntlet to earn title shot

It took Dominik Mysterio and an assist from Rhea Ripley, but The Judgement Day are next up for The Usos

With The Usos in need of new challengers for the undisputed WWE tag team championship, the final hour of Raw on Monday night featured a five-team "Tag Team Turmoil" match. But watching the action in that match wasn't all The Usos and their Bloodline brother Solo Sikoa got up to on Monday night.

In the end, it was The Judgement Day who emerged victorious in Tag Team Turmoil, defeating each of the four other teams in the match, even when Finn Balor had to be subbed out for Dominik Mysterio heading into the final leg.

CBS Sports was with you all night with recaps and highlights of all the action from Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Judgement Day runs the gauntlet to earn tag title shot

The Judgement Day def. The O.C. via pinfall when Finn Balor rolled up Luke Gallows. This brought out Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin. Earlier in the night, MVP talked to Bobby Lashley about a full reunion of The Hurt Business.

The Judgement Day def. Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin via pinfall after Balor hit Alexander with the Coup de Grace. This led to Alpha Academy entering as the fourth team in the match.

The Judgement Day def. Alpha Academy via pinfall when Damian Priest hit Otis with a lariat. Otis was trying to finish off Balor with a Vader bomb, but Balor pulled Gable on top of himself. Balor was then "medically disqualified" after being crushed by Otis and Gable, leading Dominik Mysterio to be pulled in as Priest's new partner.

The Judgement Day def. The Street Profits via pinfall when Dominik Mysterio pinned Montez Ford with a roll-up while his feet were on the ropes. Ford hit a 450 splash on Mysterio, seemingly having the match won when he was pulled out of the ring by Priest. Ford managed to take out Priest, but Mysterio pulled him back into the ring with a roll-up and put his feet on the middle rope while Rhea Ripley held the feet for the assist.

WWE comedy tends to be far more miss than hit and Dominik Mysterio didn't exactly set the wrestling world on fire when aligned with his father for the start of his WWE run. Still, maybe the funniest thing on all of WWE programming currently is Mysterio playing up a storyline one-night stint in a local jail as though he is now a hardened criminal who lived through a hellacious prison stint. His getting called up to rescue the team, even as he clearly was not wanting to compete, should only serve to help boost that bit of character work. As opponents for The Usos, The Judgement Day make great sense, having numbers that should be able to help offset the always-present threat of outside interference when facing any members of The Bloodline. It also didn't hurt that the action across all four matches was solid and made for a very smooth final hour of the show. Grade: B+

What else happened on WWE Raw?

• Kevin Owens def. Baron Corbin via pinfall after a stunner. Owens opened the show with a promo addressing Roman Reigns and The Bloodline when he was interrupted by JBL and Corbin, leading to a match. After Owens' win, The Bloodline ran in from the crowd and attacked Owens before Owens ran the trio off with a chair.
• An Alexa Bliss promo was interrupted by Uncle Howdy. Bliss called herself "the face of evil"and said she had the whole world in her hands after attacking Bianca Belair on last week's Raw. Before she could continue, a video came on featuring clips of her from her time with Bray Wyatt before Uncle Howdy appeared on screen asking, "Do you feel in control?" Howdy then came through the entrance to the ramp but did not walk further.
• Bayley def. Michin via pinfall with a backslide. Bayley scored the cheap pin with her feet on the ropes to end a close match. Damage CTRL would attack Michin backstage later in the show.
• Bobby Lashley returned by attacking Austin Theory. Theory had argued with Seth Rollins, who revealed his knee injury was not serious enough to miss the Royal Rumble. After Rollins left the ring, Lashley's music hit and he returned for the first time since being "fired" in storyline four weeks prior. He immediately hit Theory with a spear and threw him from the ring, announcing his intention to win the Rumble.
• Rhea Ripley def. Candice LeRae via pinfall after hitting Riptide.
• Solo Sikoa def. Dolph Ziggler via pinfall with a Samoan Spike. Ziggler had turned down an opportunity to tag with Mustafa Ali in tag team turmoil in favor of attempting to get revenge on Sikoa.